2002 Ultimate Street Car Challenge results
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The second Ultimate Street Car Challenge was published in the March 2002 Sport Compact Car
magazine.
Competitors:
All events are worth 100 points except for the driveability event which is measured in negative points (0 being the maximum score) and the gross display of horsepower
(30 is the maximum score) Click on the arrow by any column to sort results by that event.
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"Sport Compact Car" Sport Compact Car Magazine, March 2002
Sport Compact Car
Sport Compact Car was an American car magazine that lasted from 1988 to 2009. Sport Compact Car focused on modifying and racing sport compacts, usually import model cars. This publication was known for having a more technical approach than most other typical import car magazines and for the...
magazine.
Competitors:
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1999 Acura Integra Type R | Mark Allen, Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968... |
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1972 Datsun 510 Datsun 510 The Datsun 510 was a series of the Datsun Bluebird sold from 1968 to 1974, and offered outside the U.S. and Canada as the Datsun 1600. According to AutoWeek's G.D... |
Tod Kaneko, Torrance, CA Torrance, California Torrance is a city incorporated in 1921 and located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Torrance has of shore-front beaches on the Pacific Ocean, quieter and less well-known by tourists than others on the Santa Monica Bay, such as those of neighboring... |
13B Mazda Wankel engine The Mazda Wankel engines are family of car engines derived from experiments in the early 1960s by Felix Wankel, a German engineer... turbocharged Turbocharger A turbocharger, or turbo , from the Greek "τύρβη" is a centrifugal compressor powered by a turbine that is driven by an engine's exhaust gases. Its benefit lies with the compressor increasing the mass of air entering the engine , thereby resulting in greater performance... rotary Rotary engine The rotary engine was an early type of internal-combustion engine, usually designed with an odd number of cylinders per row in a radial configuration, in which the crankshaft remained stationary and the entire cylinder block rotated around it... |
1999 Ferrari 360 Modena | Jay Chen, Santa Fe Springs, CA Santa Fe Springs, California Santa Fe Springs is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is one of the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County. The population was 16,223 at the 2010 census, down from 17,438 at the 2000 census.... |
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1988 Ford Mustang Ford Mustang The Ford Mustang is an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. It was initially based on the second generation North American Ford Falcon, a compact car. Introduced early on April 17, 1964, as a "1964½" model, the 1965 Mustang was the automaker's most successful launch since the Model A... LX |
Geoff Bennett, Annandale, VA Annandale, Virginia Annandale is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 41,008 at the 2010 census, down from 54,994 in 2000 due to the splitting off of the western part of it to form Wakefield and Woodburn CDP's.-Geography:... |
Supercharged Supercharger A supercharger is an air compressor used for forced induction of an internal combustion engine.The greater mass flow-rate provides more oxygen to support combustion than would be available in a naturally aspirated engine, which allows more fuel to be burned and more work to be done per cycle,... |
1998 Hyundai Tiburon Hyundai Tiburon -RC :Tiburon first began production in late 1996. It was available in a few foreign markets with engine choices of either 1.6L or 1.8L. In the United States, the Tiburon was first offered in 1997 with base models using the Elantra's 1.8L engine while the upscale FX received a 2.0L four-cylinder... |
Michael McIntrye, El Paso, TX El Paso, Texas El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States... |
Twin-engined, turbocharged, methanol Methanol Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood naphtha or wood spirits, is a chemical with the formula CH3OH . It is the simplest alcohol, and is a light, volatile, colorless, flammable liquid with a distinctive odor very similar to, but slightly sweeter than, ethanol... |
1990 Nissan 300ZX Nissan 300ZX The Z31 chassis designation was first introduced in 1983 as a 1984 Nissan/Datsun 300ZX in the US only. The 300ZX, as its predecessors, was known as a Nissan in other parts of the world. This continued in the US until 1985 model year when Nissan standardized their brand name worldwide and dropped... Twin-Turbo |
Jason Kopocs, Vermilion, OH Vermilion, Ohio Vermilion is a city in Erie and Lorain counties in Ohio, on the North Coast of the U.S.A. The population was 10,927 at the 2000 census. The current mayor is Eileen Bulan... |
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2000 Nissan Sentra Nissan Sentra The Nissan Sentra is a compact car produced by automaker Nissan Motors and is generally a rebadged export version of the Japanese Nissan Sunny. The name "Sentra" is not used in Japan.... SE |
Steve Mitchell, Torrance, CA | |
1996 Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan Skyline GT-R The Nissan Skyline GT-R is a Japanese sports car based on the Nissan Skyline range.The first GT-Rs were produced from 1969–1973. After a 16 year hiatus since the KPGC110 in 1972, the GT-R name was revived in 1989 with the Skyline R32. This car was nicknamed "Godzilla" by the Australian motoring... |
Justin Sykes, Torrance, CA | |
1985 Toyota MR2 Toyota MR2 The Toyota MR2 is a two-seat, mid-engined, rear wheel drive sports car produced by Central Motors, a part of Toyota, from 1984 until July 2007 when production stopped in Japan... |
Mike Carwin, Poway, CA Poway, California Poway is a city in San Diego County, California. Originally an unincorporated community in San Diego County, Poway officially became a city in December 1980. Even though Poway lies geographically in the middle of San Diego County, most consider its relative location as north county inland... |
Twincharged Twincharger Twincharger refers to a compound forced induction system used on some piston-type internal combustion engines. It is a combination of an exhaust-driven turbocharger and an engine-driven supercharger, each mitigating the weaknesses of the other... + nitrous Nitrous oxide Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas or sweet air, is a chemical compound with the formula . It is an oxide of nitrogen. At room temperature, it is a colorless non-flammable gas, with a slightly sweet odor and taste. It is used in surgery and dentistry for its anesthetic and analgesic... |
1994 Toyota Supra Toyota Supra The Toyota Supra is a sports car/grand tourer that was produced by Toyota Motor Company from 1979 to 2002. The styling of the Toyota Supra was derived from the Toyota Celica, but it was both longer and wider. Starting in mid-1986, the Supra became its own model and was no longer based on the Celica... Turbo |
Mani Jayasinghe, Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... , CA |
All events are worth 100 points except for the driveability event which is measured in negative points (0 being the maximum score) and the gross display of horsepower
Horsepower
Horsepower is the name of several units of measurement of power. The most common definitions equal between 735.5 and 750 watts.Horsepower was originally defined to compare the output of steam engines with the power of draft horses in continuous operation. The unit was widely adopted to measure the...
(30 is the maximum score) Click on the arrow by any column to sort results by that event.
Car | Show | Engr | Grandma | Driveability | Fuel Econ Fuel economy in automobiles Fuel usage in automobiles refers to the fuel efficiency relationship between distance traveled by an automobile and the amount of fuel consumed.... | Emissions | Dyno Dynamometer A dynamometer or "dyno" for short, is a device for measuring force, moment of force , or power. For example, the power produced by an engine, motor or other rotating prime mover can be calculated by simultaneously measuring torque and rotational speed .A dynamometer can also be used to determine... (whp) | Power band | 60-0 mph Braking distance Braking distance refers to the distance a vehicle will travel from the point where its brakes are fully applied to when it comes to a complete stop... |
1320 ft !! 0-60 mph !! Skidpad Skidpad A skidpad or skidpan is a large, circular area of flat pavement used for various tests of a car's handling. The most common skidpad use is testing lateral acceleration, measured in g.... |
Road course !! GDoHP | Overall Points | |||
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Acura Type R | 88 | 82 | 85 | -64 | 23.5 mpg | 50 | 242 | 64 | 117.82 ft (35.9 m) | 14.75 sec. | 6.49 sec. | 1.046g | 67.0 sec. | 6 | 801 |
Datsun 510 | 100 | 100 | 18 | -100 | 19.8 mpg | 30 | 318 | 75 | 168.35 ft (51.3 m) | 13.15 sec. | 5.13 sec. | 1.092g | 67.0 sec. | 0 | 752 |
Ferrari 360 | 97 | 71 | 93 | 0 | 30.4 mpg | 100 | 338 | 79 | 120.7 ft (36.8 m) | 13.29 sec. | 5.09 sec. | 1.082g | 61.8 sec. | 13 | 1012 |
Ford Mustang | 49 | 84 | 89 | -36 | 20.8 mpg | 40 | 534 | 84 | 135.68 ft (41.4 m) | 12.19 sec. | 4.31 sec. | 0.874g | 70.0 sec. | 15 | 885 |
Hyundai Tiburon | 41 | 64 | 70 | -100 | 13.8 mpg | 80 | 627 | 100 | 157.77 ft (48.1 m) | 10.96 sec. | 3.33 sec. | 0.661g | 79.1 sec. | 28 | 839 |
Nissan 300ZX | 98 | 82 | 75 | -45 | 23.5 mpg | 40 | 509 | 83 | 135.59 ft (41.3 m) | 13.19 sec. | 5.26 sec. | 0.913g | 69.4 sec. | 18 | 908 |
Nissan Sentra | 58 | 83 | 100 | -18 | 30.3 mpg | 90 | 276 | 71 | 146.49 ft (44.7 m) | 14.34 sec. | 6.49 sec. | 0.937g | 69.5 sec. | 21 | 896 |
Nissan Skyline | 82 | 79 | 86 | -91 | 22.5 mpg | 0 | 440 | 82 | 131.28 ft (40 m) | 11.99 sec. | 4.11 sec. | 0.956g | 67.0 sec. | 19 | 819 |
Toyota MR2 | 18 | 67 | 53 | -64 | 36.1 mpg | 70 | 320 | 67 | 160.35 ft (48.9 m) | 13.09 sec. | 4.86 sec. | 0.956g | 68.0 sec. | 18 | 777 |
Toyota Supra | 75 | 75 | 93 | -36 | 32.2 mpg | 60 | 507 | 82 | 118.57 ft (36.1 m) | 12.77 sec. | 5.02 sec. | 1.065g | 67.5 sec. | 18 | 967 |
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"Sport Compact Car" Sport Compact Car Magazine, March 2002